Depositing-machine.



E. HE'RISSE.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 20, 1906. RENEWED APR. 9, 1909.

Patented June 1, 1909.

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E. HE'RISSE'.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 20, 1906. RENEWED APR. 9, 1909.

923,175. Patented June 1,1909.

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E. HB'mssE. DEPOSITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 20, 1906. RENEWED APR. 9, 1909.

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DEPOSITING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 20, 1906. RENEWED AYE. 9, 1909.

Patented June 1', 1909.

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NEWS-YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HERISSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

. OF NEW YORK, N. VY., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DE POSITING MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed 'October 20, 1906, Serial No. 339,806. Renewed April 9, 1909. Serial No. 488,977.

' To all it mag concern:

Be it known that LEMILE Hfinrssfi, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York andState of New. York, have invented certain "new-and useful Improvements in Depositing-Machineg of which the following is This inventionrelates to cake depositing machines, and has for a special object to provide a machine of this character that can be power driven, or manually operated.

In the drawings which form part of this specification, Figure 1 illustrates an end elevation of -my improved machine, partly in section. Fig.1 [2 isia' side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail view, of a portion of the driving mechs anismi'. Fig.4 is an enlarged top plan view of themachine as illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged centralvertical sectional detail view of thefollower operating mechan ism, and the supportingcross-head artly in section. j Fig. 6 is an enlarged detai side elevation'of one of thedieplate nozzles, partly in section, and shows a portion of the die plate. Fig. 7 is adetailview of a design plate. I Figs. 18, 9,"and 10 are enlarged diagrammaticviews of the extreme right position, operating stroke, and extreme left position respectively of the operating segment. Fig. 11 is a detail view taken on a line B. B in Fig. 8 and shows the operating pinion and segment when said segment is in the extreme right position. Fig. 12 is a detail view showing the segment and pinion about itO engage. Figs."13, 1 ;4, 15, 16, 17and 18 are detail viewsjof the parts that go to form the nozzles. Fig. 19 .is a vertical .central sectional view of a modified form of nozzle. Fig. 20 is a sectional. plan view thereof taken on a line OeO of Fig 19.;

,' Similar reference characters indicate correslponding partsfthroughfithe several views.

eferring to the drawings, reference being had to Figs. 1 and 2 the numerals 1. 1 indicate the frame members i of the machine,

while 2 is the dough receptacle which contains the'material in 'a plasticstate. y

In the bottom of the receptacle 2 I place a die plate 3 having nozzles 4; the said nozzles being composedofabushing 5 (see "Fig. 6)

which is securely held in the die plate 3. In the said bushing asleeve 6 isslidably fitted,

a spring 7 'being'interposed as shown. A

a plate 3, can be changed at will.

cap 7 is in this instance, fitted to the lower end of the sleeve 6, the said cap retaining a design plate 8, the perforations 9 of which in this instance form a cross. The cap 7 is provided with projections 10 which are designed to keep the surface of the design plate 8 out of contact with the pan or any other device upon which the dough is deposited. A more detailed description will hereinafter appear.

By removing the cap 7 another design plate can be put in, the perforations of which form other figures. Y

Adjacent to the die plate 3 a table13 is positioned upon which the pan, or other means, is placed in order to collect the deposited dough from the nozzles 4. The bottom plate 14 of'said table is provided with projections 15 which enter the openings 16 of the frames 1.1 in order to keep the said table from rotating.

The upper end of a rod 17 is attached to said plate 14, the said rod being held by a tubular bearing 18, suitably secured as shown. The lower end of the said rod is provided with a turnbuckle 17 for adjustment and contacts the inner end 19 of a treadle 20 which is pivotally held by the frames 1.1 as at 21. The upper end of the rod 17 is threaded and carries an adjusting wheel 22 which impinges the fitting 22. By means of the wheel 22 the vertical position of the table 13, with respect to the die When it is desired to deposit dough on the table 13, the treadle 20 can be operated to raise the table 13 until the table contacts the projections 10 of the cap 7 further movement of the table compresses the spring 7, thereby keeping the said projection 10 firmly against the table, and causes the sleeve 6 to slide upwardly carrying the auxiliary die plate with it. This action causes the dough to ooze through the perforations 9 and to fall upon the table in the form of said perforation. As the perforations 9 are comparatively small, this extra pressure, together with the pressure of the follower 23, is advantageous. Above the receptacle 2, and adapted to work therein, is the follower or piston 23, which has attached thereto a left hand threaded spindle 24. The said spindle passes through a correspondingly threaded auxiliary advancing bushing 25 which is in turn rotatably held in a rotatable threaded nut 26, the nut being mounted in a cross-head 27 (see Fig. 5). The bushing has attached thereto above the cross-head a ratchet wheel 28 for rotating the said bushing, a hand wheel 29 being also secured to the said bushing. The nut 26, at the upper end thereof and adjacent to the said ratchet wheel, carries the pawl 30 which engages the ratchet wheel 28, to rotate it. The crosshead 27 carries a reverse pawl 31 designed to prevent the backward movement of the bushing 25, prematurely. Attached to the nut 26, below the cross-head 27, is an operating lever 32 which carries a toothed segment 33. The arm 32 of the said lever permits the device to be manually operated, as well as to perform another function to be hereinafter described.

By referring to Fig. 9 it will be seen that the segment 33 meshes with a pinion 34 which is loosely mounted upon a driving shaft 35 (Fig. 3) which is suitably held in a bracket bearing 36 carried by the rear plate 2 of the receptacle 2. (Fig. 2.) The pinion 34 in this instance is provided with the usual clutch jaws 37, which are adapted to mesh with the corresponding jaws 38 of a slidable clutch 39. The clutch 39 is loosely keyed to the shaft 35 as at 40 and is backed by a spring 41. The clutch 39 is operated by a bell crank lever 42 pivoted at 43, the jaw 44 of said lever embraces the clutch, and pins 45 therein enter the annular groove 46 of said :clutch, which is a Well known mechanical expedient. The arm 47 of said lever 42 1 underreaches the segment 33, to an extent sufiicient to place the end 48 in the path of the adjustable stud 49 (see Fig. 10). The lever 42 is provided with an upwardly ex tending locking pin 50 which is adapted to catch behind the nose 51 of a latch lever 52 pivoted as at 53, a spring 54 (Fig. 11) acts to keep the said latch in a position to catch the pin 50 at the proper time, as in Fig. 9. For forcing the latch away from the pin 50, at the proper time, which will hereinafter be described, a cam block 55 is provided upon the segment 33. The said cross-head being pivoted to the frame 1 as at 56 the opposite end being provided with a jaw 57 which is adapted to grasp the pin 58. The segment 33 is provided with a slot 59 in which the pin 49 can be adjusted by loosening the screw 60, by this means the point at which the said pin will operate the lever 42 can be varied, and predetermined.

The operation of the machine will now be described. When the follower 23 is at its highestposition as in Fig. 1, the cross-head 27 can be swung outwardly thereby bring ingthe follower away from the receptacle, which can then be filled with dough. The cross-head will then be returned to its normal .position over the receptacle. Fig. 8 shows the device at rest and the cross-head in position, the pinion 34 presumably rotating. This position is one extreme, and when in such position the pinion 34 is out of mesh with the segment, the blank position 61 of the segment (see Fig. 11) being adjacent to the said pinion. By moving the lever arm 32 a little to the left (see dotted lines Fig. 8) the teeth of the segment will engage the pinion 33 (see Fig. 11), the segment will then move in the direction of the arrow A. During such movement the nut 26 will be rotated and travel downwardly, and by means of the pawl 30 thereupon and the ratchet wheel 28 upon the bushing 25, the said bushing will be also rotated within the said nut, as the spindle 24 is threaded it will be caused to travel downwardly, by the rotation of the bushing. As the nut 26 travels downwardly, by virtue of the threadedperi hery, it will carry the bushing and spindlb with it and as the spindle is also carried down by the rotation of the bushing, a compound difierential downward movement of the follower results. The teeth of the segment 33 and pinion 34 are sufficiently deep to permit of this downward movement which in practice is comparatively small. This downward movement will continue until the pin 49 contacts the lever 42 and forces the clutch 39 away from the pinion 34, which will be the extreme left position (see Fig. 10) at this point the latch 52 will lock the lever and keep the said clutch out of mesh with the pinion 34. At this point the mechanism is again at rest. By turning the segment back to the right (see dotted lines Fig. 10) the nut 26 will be caused to travel upwardly, and as the spindle 24 is threaded left-handed, the follower will be raised sufficiently to release the pressure on the dough and to cause the dough to cease flowing in order to separate the deposited cakes. When the extreme right position has been again reached and the blank position 61 brought over the pinion 34, the cam block 55 will have forced the latch 52 away from the locking pin as illustrated in Fig. 1. The mechanism is now ready to be again operated in the aforesaid manner and more dough deposited. The extent of the displacement on the part of the follower can be regulated by the pin 49, which is obvious. During the reverse movement of the nut .26, the bushing 25 is held against rotation by the pawl 31. Fig. 8 shows the segment in the act of working, and the latch lever 52 in position to grasp the pin 50. When the dough has all been forced from the receptacle the follower can be again raised to its highest position by the hand wheel 29, as the bushing 25 can be rotated by the-wheel in a manner to raise the follower without affecting the nut 26, as the said nut can be held by the lever 32. A driving-pulley 61 is provided to drive the shaft 35.

Referring more particularly to the construction of the nozzles 41 (see Figs. 13, 14,

15, 16 17 and 18)." The bushing is pressed pass throughthe spaces 6 formed between the outward projections 6 upon the sleeve 6.

'To insert the sleeve 6the projection 5 and spaces 6 are brought in alinement, the

sleeve can then pass through the bushing 5 until the annular shoulder 6 upon the sleeve 6, rests uponthe projections 5 of the bushing 5. The spring .7 is then passed over the sleeve'6 and forced against the shoulder 5 upon the bushing '55. The cap 7 (Figs. 13

' and '14) is also provided upon the inner surv the said spaces, as shown in Fig. 6.

- thereby holding the cap 75 in place.

face with projections 7 similar to the projections '5 of the bushing 5 The said projections 7 a are also adapted to psss through the opening 6b of the sleeve 6. In order to put the cap 7 on the sleeve 6, the projections 7 thereon, are brought in alinement with the aforesaid spaces 6 the cap is then pressed home until the shoulder 7 0 contacts the end of the said sleeve, the cap can then be rotated until the projections 7? are carried away from The spring 7 will then be placed under tension The design plate 8 rests upon the shoulder 7 as shown in Fig. 6 and is retained in place by the pressure of the dough thereupon. At any time design plates having perforations which form other figures, orshapes, can be substituted.

In the modified'form Fig. 19, the bushing 62'carries a slidable sleeve 63, a spring 65 being inserted between the cap 64 and bushing 62, a p'in66in the bushin '62 enters a slot 67 in the sleeve 63 thereby I imiting the downward movement of the said sleeve 63. A design plate 68 having openings 69 rests witl1in the.sleeve63. i e

The function of ,the turnbuckle' 17, as shown in FigsQl and 2, isto compensate for the adjustment ofthe table 13, as when the said table is brought nearer the nozzles 4 the turnbuckle 17 will be adjusted downwardly in order to keep the .treadle 20 in a horizontal position. When the said table is adjusted farther from the said nozzles, the turnbuckle acts'asa nut for the spindle 17, when said spindle is adjusteddownwardly, whereby the horizontal position of the said treadle is not disturbed.

What I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent is f 1. A depositing machine comprising a frame, a dough receptacle provided with nozzles carried by saidframe, a movable cross-head carried by said frame, a longitudinally movable threaded nut in said crosshead, a bushing rotatably, mounted in said. nut having a threaded bore, a threaded spindle adapted to pass through the said bore, a follower carried by said spindle and adapted to work in said receptacle and force dough through the said nozzles, and means for rotating said nut and said bushing simultaneously.

2. A depositing machine comprising a frame, a dough receptacle provided with nozzles carried by said frame, a vertically movable table adjacent to said nozzles, a treadle carried by the frame. adapted to move said table, a movable cross-head carried by said frame, a longitudinally movable threadednut in said cross-head, a bushing rotatably mounted in said nut having a threaded bore, a threaded spindle adapted to pass through the said bore, a follower carried by said spindle and adapted to work in said receptacle and force dough through the said nozzles and means for rotating said nut and said bushing simultaneously.

3. A depositing machine comprising a frame, a dough receptacle carried by said frame provided with nozzles, a follower adapted to work in said receptacle and force dough through said nozzles, means for operating said follower; said means comprising a threaded nut carried by said frame, said nut being provided with a toothed segment,

adapted to engage a rotatable pinion, means for arresting the movement of said segment at a predetermined. point, and means adapted to transmit movement from said. nut to said follower.

4. A depositing machine comprising a frame, a dough receptacle carried by said frame provided with nozzles, a follower adapted to work in said receptacle and force dough through said nozzles, a threaded spindle carried by said follower, a rotatable threaded nut carried by said frame and adapted to advance said spindle, a toothed segment carried by said nut provided with a lever, a rotatable pinion in mesh with said segment, and means carried by said segment adapted to cause said pinion to cease rotating at a predetermined point of the movement of said segment together with means adapted to independently rotate said nut and advance said spindle.

5. The combination of a frame, a dough receptacle carried thereby and provided with nozzles, afollower adapted to work in said receptacle provided with a threaded spindle, a swinging cross-head carried by said frame, a rotatable threaded nut carried by said cross-head, a'rotatable bushing within said nut having a threaded bore adapted to receive the said spindle, a toothed segment carried by said nut, a rotatable pinion in mesh with said segment adapted to rotate same, means carried by said segment adapted to rotate said bushing, means carried by said segment adapted to cause said pinion to cease rotating at a predetermined. point of the movement of said segment, a lever carsaid bushing against rotation when the movement of said nut is reversed.

6. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle and a folower therefor, means adapted to advance said follower, a power shaft provided with an operating pinion, a segment provided with a slot adapted to communicate movement from said pinion to said follower and an ad justable means carried by the slot in said pinion adapted to automatically cause said pinion to cease rotating at a predetermined point of the movement of said follower.

7. A machine of the character described having a dough receptacle provided with a die plate having nozzles therein said nozzles comprising a bushing provided with a slidable sleeve, said sleeve being provided with a removable auxiliary plate.

8. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle and a follower therefor, a threaded nut adapted to advance said follower, a power shaft provided with an operating pinion, a clutch adapted to rotatably connect said shaft and said pinion, a segment, carried by said nut, in mesh with said pinion, means carried by said segment adapted to cause said clutch to release said pinion at a predetermined point, a lever for returning said segment to a normal position and means for holding said clutch away from said pinion during the reverse movement of said segment, and means carried by said segment adapted to cause said clutch to engage said pinion at will.

9. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle and afollower therefor, an exteriorly threaded nut adapted to advance said follower, auxiliary means carried by said nut, and operated thereby, also adapted to advance said follower in conjunction with said nut, means adapted to reverse said auxiliary; advancing means whereby said follower is reversed, means adapted to prevent said nut from rotating when said auxiliary advancing means is reversed and a toothed segment carried by said nut, and operated by an intermeshing pinion.

10. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle, a follower,

means adapted to advance said follower, a toothed segment carried by said follower advancing means, a rotatable pinion adapted to operate said segment, means carried by said segment adapted to cause said pinion to cease rotating at a predetermined point in the movement of said segment whereby said segment is caused to stop, means adapted to hold said pinion at rest and means carried by said segment adapted to cause said pinion to again rotate.

11. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle, a follower and a cross-head, a threaded spindle carried by said follower, a threaded bushing carried by said spindle a rotatable threaded nut carried by said cross-head and adapted to r0- tatably support said bushing, a pawl carried by said nut adapted to engage a ratchet carried by said bushing whereby said bushing is rotated by said nut, means for rotating said nut, and releasable means adapted to operate said nut rotating means.

12. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle a follower therefor, and a crosshead, a left hand threaded spindle carried by said follower a bushing carried by said spindle, a right hand exteriorly threaded, rotatable nut carried by said cross-head, a toothed segment carried by said nut, a pinion adapted to operate said segment, means carried by said nut adapted to operate said bushing, and automatic means adapted to cause said pinion to cease rotating at a predetermined point of the movement of said segment.

13. A machine of the character described provided with a dough receptacle a follower therefor, means adapted to advance said follower, a perforated die plate in said dough receptacle the perforations of which are provided with a bushing, a sleeve slidably held in said bushing, the lower end of the said sleeve being provided with a removable cap, a design plate adapted to be retained by said cap, and said cap being provided with downwardly extending projections.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 19th day of October A. D. 1906.

EMILE HERISSE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARVIS, WILLIAM HAnRrs. 

